[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5213 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 5213
To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to
require labor organizations to make certain disclosures to its members,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 25, 2024
Mr. Cassidy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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A BILL
To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to
require labor organizations to make certain disclosures to its members,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Union Members Right to Know Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT
OF 1959.
(a) Required Disclosures.--Section 105 of the Labor-Management
Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 415) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Every'' and inserting the following:
``(a) In General.--Every''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Required Disclosures.--
``(1) In general.--Every labor organization shall provide
to each member of the labor organization, in accordance with
paragraph (2), the following:
``(A) A copy of this Act and a summary of each
title of this Act.
``(B) A summary of the rights of an individual to
seek, pursuant to title VII of the Civil Rights Act of
1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.), a reasonable
accommodation, based on the religious beliefs or
practices of the individual, not to pay dues or fees to
the labor organization.
``(C) A summary of the rights of employees under
the holding of the Supreme Court of the United States
in Communications Workers v. Beck, 487 U.S. 735 (1988).
``(2) Disclosure requirements.--Every labor organization
shall provide the information under paragraph (1) by--
``(A) mail or electronic mail--
``(i)(I) to each employee who joins the
labor organization on or after the date that is
90 days after the date of enactment of the
Union Members Right to Know Act, not later than
30 days after the employee joins the labor
organization; and
``(II) to each member of the labor
organization who was a member on the day before
the date that is 90 days after the date of
enactment of the Union Members Right to Know
Act, not later than 1 year after such date of
enactment; and
``(ii) on an annual basis; and
``(B) if the labor organization has a website,
maintaining on the home-page of the website of the
labor organization a hyperlink, titled `Union Member
Rights and Officer Responsibilities Under the LMRDA',
to the information described under paragraph (1).
``(3) Compliance.--
``(A) Initial compliance.--Not later than 180 days
after such date of enactment, every labor organization
that is required to comply with paragraph (2)(B) shall
submit to the Secretary a form signed by its president
and treasurer, or corresponding principal officers,
certifying that the labor organization has complied
with the requirements of such paragraph.
``(B) Ongoing compliance.--Not later than 18 months
after such date of enactment, and on an annual basis
thereafter, each labor organization shall submit to the
Secretary a form signed by its president and treasurer,
or corresponding principal officers, certifying that
the labor organization has complied with the
requirements of paragraph (2).''.
(b) Right Not To Subsidize Labor Organization Nonrepresentational
Activities.--Title I of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure
Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 411 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``SEC. 106. RIGHT NOT TO SUBSIDIZE LABOR ORGANIZATION
NONREPRESENTATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
``No employee's labor organization dues, fees, assessments, or
other contributions shall be used or contributed to any person,
organization, or entity for any purpose not directly related to the
labor organization's collective bargaining or contract administration
functions on behalf of the represented unit employee unless the
employee member, or nonmember required to make such payments as a
condition of employment, authorizes such expenditure in writing, after
a notice period of not less than 35 days. An initial authorization
provided by an employee under the preceding sentence shall expire not
later than 1 year after the date on which such authorization is signed
by the employee. There shall be no automatic renewal of an
authorization under this section.''.
SEC. 3. REGULATIONS.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Labor shall issue such regulations as are necessary to
implement the amendments made by section 2 of this Act.
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